It’s Tax Day and the IRS Is Offering More Help to Extension Filers
On tax day, the IRS announced extended in‑person assistance, adding Saturday hours at Taxpayer Assistance Centers and lengthening weekday service through April 30 for taxpayers who filed extensions. Meanwhile, Congress moved to reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act through 2034, and the Office of Personnel Management proposed a 25% pay increase for federal wildland firefighters engaged in prescribed‑fire work. The Space Force’s Training and Readiness Command is set to hire over 400 civilians across cybersecurity, data science and intelligence roles, while CISA withdrew up to 100 summer internships due to the ongoing government shutdown. Additional federal updates include Senate Democrats warning about civil‑service protections, GAO flagging gaps in the Navy’s financial‑management modernization, and the GSA’s AI‑driven “million‑hours challenge” to automate 400,000 work hours.
AI Search Will Crack The Foundation Of B2B Marketing’s Accountability Model
AI‑driven answer engines are reshaping B2B buying, delivering zero‑click answers that bypass traditional marketing touchpoints. As a result, engagement metrics—long the cornerstone of marketing accountability—are falling 20‑30 %, threatening budget credibility. Forrester reports 90 % of B2B leaders now prioritize AI visibility,...
Trump Warns US-UK Trade Deal ‘Can Always Be Changed’ with Relations in ‘Sad State’
President Donald Trump warned that the U.S.-U.K. trade agreement, signed in May 2025 and featuring reduced tariffs on cars, aluminium and steel, could be altered or revoked. He linked the threat to Britain’s perceived lack of support during the U.S....
From Zero to 10K Followers in 3 Months
I grew the 𝕏 account of @vitaliidodonov from 0 to 10K followers in just 3 months. Lots of people have asked me how I did it. So I just wrote up an entire PDF explaining my strategy. If you want the full case...
AI Unifies B2B Site Pages Into Cohesive System
Most B2B websites die the same way. Someone ships a strong homepage, everyone celebrates, then every new page becomes a fresh writing project. The result is drift, repetition, and a site that does not feel like one thing. In the next live...
Entry-Level Hiring Drops 6% as Fewer Roles Open for New Grads
U.S. entry‑level hiring dropped 6% between December and February 2026, marking the steepest decline in recent years. The slowdown coincides with slower turnover as seasoned workers delay retirement and firms lean on AI to automate routine tasks. While traditional junior...
Right Systems Turn Overwhelmed Teams Into High Performers
The difference between overwhelmed teams and high-performing ones often comes down to one invisible factor: the right systems. Check out my guest post with @follett_software to learn more.
IMF Calls for Countries to Economise on Energy Supplies, and Hails UK’s Budget Deficit Improvement – as It Happened
The International Monetary Fund praised the United Kingdom for cutting its budget deficit from 6.1% of GDP in 2024 to 5.4% in 2025, and projects it will fall to 3.9% in 2026 and 1.6% by 2031, the lowest among G7...
Streaming Fraud Doesn’t Respect Silos. Neither Should We.
Merlin’s licensing deal with TikTok ended in October 2024, prompting the rights collective to double down on fighting streaming fraud. The company has shifted to a proactive, automated approach, building a cross‑platform database to flag illegitimate activity. Over the past...
Amid Iran War, Companies Look to Extend a Record Profit Run by Raising Prices
U.S. corporations are extending a record profit streak despite macro headwinds, including the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that has pushed energy prices higher. Companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Bank of America reported strong earnings and raised forecasts,...
Zuora Collections Launches in Europe with Germany Data Center for In-Region Data and AI-Driven Workflows
Zuora has launched its AI‑powered Collections product for European customers, supported by a new data center in Germany that stores all data within the EU. The platform automates outreach, risk scoring, and cash‑flow forecasting by linking billing, revenue and collections...
Emma Grede’s 4 Rules for Making Your Brand Actually Matter on Social
Emma Grede, founding partner of Skims and author of *Start With Yourself*, outlined four brand‑building rules at ADWEEK’s Social Media Week. She argues that trust and authenticity now eclipse raw follower counts, and that product excellence must precede any marketing...
Allbirds Shifts to AI, Secures $50M Financing
Allbirds pivots to an AI company and raises $50M via convertible financing. Nothing surprises me anymore.
Cut Self‑Employment Tax: Use Dividends Over Salary
An investment-only LLC is a disregarded entity until you start pulling income out of it. Once you do, the IRS expects a reasonable W-2 salary, typically $50,000 to $70,000 a year if you are managing your own investments. That salary...
$100 Billion Stolen: How Smuggled Oil Funds the Chaos During the Hormuz Blockade
Oil smuggling generates more than $100 billion in annual losses, creating a shadow economy that fuels criminal syndicates, militant groups, and sanctioned regimes. The illicit trade relies on low‑tech tactics—pipeline taps, ship‑to‑ship transfers, AIS spoofing—combined with sophisticated laundering through third‑country refiners....
Lucid Names Silvio Napoli as the Electric Luxury Brand's New CEO
Lucid Motors announced Silvio Napoli as its new chief executive, succeeding interim CEO Marc Winteroff, who will revert to the COO role. Napoli arrives from the Schindler Group, where he led the Swiss elevator and escalator manufacturer. His appointment coincides...
Shirofune Launches AI Summary
Shirofune, a digital advertising automation platform, unveiled AI Summary on April 15, 2026. The new tool leverages generative AI to scan performance‑metric shifts and produce a concise, actionable narrative within seconds. It sits on top of Shirofune’s existing Change Analysis...
Solo Founders Need One Unified AI, Not 13 Agents
Most solo founders don’t need “13 AI agents.” They need one system that remembers the whole business and doesn’t hallucinate. AI feels useless when it lives in 5 different tabs, forgets every conversation, and can’t see your revenue or launches. The OS shift:...
YouTube Launches 24/7 Streaming “Stations” For Creators
YouTube is testing Stations, a way for creators to turn playlists into 24/7 streams with live chat, giving them their own version of a FAST channel. 📺 Over 40 artists have tested the feature. YouTube is also. using it as...
SMX Now: The Automation Drift and How to Correct Course
The SMX Now webinar will explore "automation drift" in Google Ads, where incomplete or misaligned signals cause the platform to optimize for the wrong outcomes. Ameet Khabra of Hop Skip Media will dissect a real account that saw a 417% conversion lift that...
Why Smart Brands Are Ditching Content Overload for Education-Led Marketing
Brands are abandoning the traditional content‑heavy approach as AI tools inflate output by 42% each month, leaving buyers drowning in noise. Instead, they are adopting education‑led marketing that delivers focused, decision‑supportive assets. The new model emphasizes interactive materials, stakeholder‑specific learning...
What Can Investors Expect From Scripps In Q1?
After fending off Sinclair Broadcast Group’s hostile takeover, the E.W. Scripps Company is focusing on expanding its Scripps Sports division and leveraging a new distribution deal with Allen Media Group’s Local Now platform. However, the company’s core broadcast‑TV stations remain...
Finance Teams Embrace Agentic AI, Yielding 3.5× ROI
44% of finance teams will use agentic ai in 2026. that is a 600%+ increase from the prior year, per wolters kluwer. gartner forecasts 40% of enterprise apps will embed ai agents by 2026. up from less than 5% in 2025. per...
The Recycling Partnership Announces Leadership Transition
The Recycling Partnership announced that founder and CEO Keefe Harrison will step down on July 31 after 12 years at the helm, with a national search slated to name a new CEO later this summer. Harrison will remain through August to support...
WATCH: Bessent Warns that U.S. Is Launching 'Financial Equivalent' Of Bombing Iran
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that Washington is preparing a "financial equivalent" of a bombing campaign against Iran, signaling a new wave of secondary sanctions aimed at banks and firms that facilitate Iranian oil revenues. The Treasury has already...
Legislative Lowdown: Virginia’s Minimum Wage Is Set to Increase to $15 an Hour
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation that will raise the state minimum wage from $12.77 to $15 per hour by 2028, with an interim step to $13.75 in 2027. The same bill extends the state minimum wage to farm workers...
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Prompt
A senior product leader revealed that their board is pushing a ten‑fold increase in feature output by leveraging AI‑assisted "vibe coding." The author warns that while AI eliminates the engineering friction that once acted as a quality filter, it also...
Cross-Border Payments: Balancing AML and Financial Inclusion
Swedish regulators and police have issued new AML/CFT guidance targeting cross‑border payment service providers. The guidance stresses robust customer due diligence, risk indicators and ongoing monitoring while warning against blanket high‑risk labeling of remittance services. It reflects Sweden’s cash‑free transition,...
LLMs Reduce Geo Cannibalization: Favor Many Long‑Tail Pages?
Has anyone in SEO been able to validate (or disprove) the theory that content cannibalization matters LESS for GEO given that LLMs are prioritizing long-long tail pages? In other words, are there any credible studies that have shown it's better to...
Parasail Closes $32M Series A to Build the Supercloud that Puts Developers in Control of Their AI
Parasail announced a $32 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to $42 million, led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures. The funding will expand its AI Supercloud—a global GPU‑aggregated platform that automates inference optimization and lets developers launch custom AI models...
Digital Infrastructure as a Competitive Moat: Why Operational Efficiency Is the New Margin Play
In 2026 the biggest margin winners are firms that have unified their back‑office data, not those with flashier products. McKinsey found digital‑mature companies delivered 8.1% annual shareholder returns versus 4.9% for laggards, driven by tighter control of finance, supply chain...
New SPAC: FortuneX Acquisition Corporation (FXACU) Files for $75M IPO
FortuneX Acquisition Corporation (ticker FXACU) filed its S‑1 to raise up to $75 million in a new special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPO. The filing targets a Nasdaq listing and outlines a typical 24‑month acquisition window, with a focus on technology...
Oil & Gas Private Equity: How to Invest in the Least Stable Cash Flows Around
Oil and gas private equity remains a niche but active segment, generating roughly $10‑20 billion in annual acquisition volume—significantly smaller than the $50‑100 billion seen in tech and healthcare. The sector’s inherent commodity price volatility makes traditional leveraged buyouts rare, especially in...
Execution Gap Plagues Enterprise Digital Resilience
A new global study by Economist Impact and Telstra International finds that only one in four enterprises successfully execute major disruption response plans. The gap is attributed more to fractured governance and weak ecosystem coordination than to technology shortfalls. About...
TA vs AI: The Truth About AI Recruiting Mistakes
A 2026 Talent Acquisition Trends Study of nearly 1,000 hiring leaders found that 82% experienced added friction after deploying AI, and eight‑in‑ten said the technology fell short of expectations. Only 22% blamed the tools themselves; the remaining failures stemmed from...
Nuvacore AI Emerges, Targeting AI‑optimized Datacenter CPUs
Congrats to @NUVACOREAI coming out of stealth and the @sequoia investment. The value prop makes sense. Agents are driving the need for more and better datacenter CPUs, particularly in the hyperscalers. The company says it wants to overcome the limitations of...
AI‑Powered Dashboards Turn Finance From Maintenance to Decision‑Making
AI dashboards > spreadsheets 📊🤖 Describe the question AI builds the dashboard You tweak logic & visuals Insights arrive in the meeting Finance shifts from maintenance → decisions. #AI #FPandA #Dashboards #GenAI #Analytics https://t.co/iiASiEm8I8
Get Ready for AI Shopping and SEO Evolution
How to Prepare for AI Shopping & the Future of E-commerce SEO with Tim Resnik Post: https://t.co/yXnT36Bq2w https://t.co/UjNxYRqOrx
VC Investing Exploits Two Core Market Inefficiencies
seems like an appropriate time to repost this: https://t.co/jl8rkqEIxy TLDR: Investing is about capitalizing on market inefficiencies. There are two inefficiencies in VC.
Prepare Your Store for AI-Driven Shopping and SEO
New: How to Prepare for AI Shopping & the Future of E-commerce SEO Google, OpenAI, Amazon, and seemingly every platform are introducing new protocols + data feed attributes for folks who sell things online But what should folks in e-commerce do now?...
Cavaliers and Warriors Top 2025‑26 NBA Luxury Tax Bills
2025-26 #NBA Luxury Tax Teams (per Spotrac's calculations) 1. #Cavaliers, $68.6M bill 2. #Knicks, $45M bill 3. #Warriors, $68M bill 4. #Lakers, $22M bill 5. #Rockets, $7M bill 6. #Timberwolves, $6M bill 7. #Clippers, $6M bill Just Missed: Celtics: 9k 76ers: $13k
Teams Lock up Young Shortstops with Massive Pre‑arbitration Extensions
Recent #MLB Pre-Arbitration Extensions Kevin McGonigle, SS/DET 8-years, $150M Konnor Griffin, SS/PIT 9-years, $140M Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF/CHC 6-years, $115M Colt Emerson, SS/SEA 8-years, $95M Tyler Soderstrom, LF/ATH 7-years, $86M Jacob Wilson, SS/ATH 7-years, $70M Cooper Pratt, SS/MIL 8-years, $50.75M
From Shoes to AI: Launching BirdBrain
I’m going to start a shoe company with venture capital and then turn it into an AI company. Calling it BirdBrain.
Hungary's New PM Calls for Full EU Integration, Euro Adoption
Newly elected Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar just said the quiet bit out loud: It’s time to properly come into the EU fold and, eventually, adopt the euro https://t.co/bbLFhjl64o via @opinion @marcusashworth https://t.co/RbHXBW7qU0
Speedy Fixes: Removing Customer Roadblocks Drives Success
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare on Fixing What Frustrates Customers Most https://t.co/WWzA25AjwY The best organizations know how to move fast and remove roadblocks when it matters the most. #customerunderstanding #customerexperience https://t.co/fAADxWax0B
20% Seed Dilution Now Standard, Up From
Most founders will sell 20-25% in a seed round right now, up from 15-20% a few years ago. Selling 20% is reasonable 99% of the time.
U.S. Blockade Fuels Iran’s Shipping Disruption Strategy
The U.S. blockade is helping Iran Iran’s play: disrupt shipping, break the system. U.S. response: disrupt shipping even more. That’s not counter-strategy—it’s reinforcement. #Oil #Energy #Geopolitics https://t.co/Kz2aYw9QG3
Turn Quantified Pain Into Demo Anchors with Automation
Founders: Map every discovery question to product capabilities: Pain Discovery: 'What's biggest time suck?' → 'Deprovisioning takes 5-10 min each' Pain Sizing: 'How often?' → '10x daily = 2 hours/day lost' Demo Anchor: Show automation feature that saves exactly those 2 hours. Questions build your demo script.
Meta Events Manager Faces Random Purchase Outages, Performance Plummets
We are seeing purchase outages left and right on Meta events manager with some of the worst performance in the last 3 days. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason here.
Kevin McGonigle Secures $150M, 8-Year Tigers Deal
Kevin McGonigle's 8-year, $150M extension with the #Tigers - $14M signing bonus - $81M thru control years - $69M across 3 FA years - $10M of escalators https://t.co/ztMf4fHhG7